Overview
- Real Madrid publicly confirmed that Thibaut Courtois is under contract until June 2027 after reports said the one-year agreement was actually signed last summer.
- Fabrizio Romano and club sources say the deal was agreed quietly a year ago and has only now been formally disclosed to the public.
- The club plans to reopen negotiations about a longer renewal once the current summer transfer window closes rather than extend the contract immediately.
- Courtois is recovering from a recent groin injury suffered during Belgium’s World Cup quarter-final and will be managed for short-term availability while Andriy Lunin remains his deputy.
- The one-year structure follows Real Madrid’s cautious policy for players in their mid-thirties and gives the team short-term clarity as it weighs Courtois’s injury history and rotation needs for the coming season.